cozen

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to cheat or trick

   I was able to cozen some money, but the guilt I felt afterwards was unbearable.

2. 2
   verb

   To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with.

   "As I see it, Master Fraser, a 'bairn' ought to be verra concerned when a mon thrice her age cozens up to her.".

Perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare (“to cheat”), from cozzone (“middleman, broker”), from Latin cōciō (“dealer”).

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